The Hunger Games, Chapter 26 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What does Katniss see while the ladder's electric current holds her and Peeta frozen?

   • The arena walls slowly folding away below
   • Correct answer: Peeta's leg bleeding while his body cannot move
   • The other tributes' bodies being collected
   • Cameras filming them from the hovercraft door

   Because her eyes were looking down, Katniss sees that nothing stops the blood from draining out of Peeta's leg while their muscles are frozen.

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   Question 2. Why does Katniss set the glass of orange juice on the floor without drinking it?

   • She is saving it to give to Peeta later
   • The smell reminds her of the Capitol feast
   • Correct answer: She does not trust anything so clean and pretty
   • She feels too sick from the berry juice to swallow

   Her mouth waters, but in her bloody, filthy state she cannot trust something so clean and pretty, a sign she is still in arena mode.

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   Question 3. Which memory from home comes back to Katniss as she watches the doctors work on Peeta?

   • Correct answer: Families staying beside dying patients in her kitchen
   • Hunting with Gale in the woods beyond the electric fence
   • Her father teaching her the names of plants
   • Prim's name being called at the reaping

   She remembers loved ones ringed around her family's kitchen table while her mother and Prim treated the dying, and now understands why they stayed.

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   Question 4. What does Katniss discover when she ruffles the hair by her left ear after waking?

   • Her hair has been cut very short
   • A tracking device has been removed
   • The burn there has been bandaged
   • Correct answer: She can hear again out of that ear

   The ear that went deaf in the arena has been repaired, so the Capitol doctors have restored her hearing.

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   Question 5. Who answers when Katniss calls out Peeta's name in the empty hallway?

   • Peeta, from somewhere down the hall
   • Haymitch, calling from the elevator
   • Portia, from behind a closed door
   • Correct answer: Effie, from a chamber at the end

   The voice belongs to Effie, who is waiting with Haymitch and Cinna in a big chamber at the end of the hall.

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   Question 6. Why does Octavia refuse Katniss a second helping at dinner?

   • Correct answer: They fear she'll be sick on the stage
   • Food is rationed in the Capitol this week
   • Katniss must still fit into Cinna's dress
   • The Gamemakers want her to look thin

   Octavia says they don't want it all coming back up on the stage, though she secretly slips Katniss an extra roll.

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   Question 7. Why has the usual victor's entrance from beneath the stage had to be rethought this year?

   • Peeta is too injured to rise on the plate
   • Correct answer: Two victors share one escort and one mentor
   • The stage was damaged during the final fight
   • The crowd asked for a much shorter broadcast

   Normally one victor rises last after the team, but this year two victors share both an escort and a mentor, and a brand-new metal plate has been installed under the stage.

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   Question 8. How does Katniss react while Haymitch whispers his warning in her ear?

   • She nods silently and stares at the floor
   • She pulls away and asks him to repeat it
   • Correct answer: She laughs as if he said something delightful
   • She hides her face in his shoulder to cry

   Nothing is covering her mouth, so she laughs as if Haymitch is saying something delightful, hiding her dread from anyone watching.

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   Question 9. According to Haymitch, what is the one thing the Capitol cannot stand?

   • Seeing two tributes from the same district win
   • Having its rules questioned on live camera
   • Losing money from its wealthy sponsors
   • Correct answer: Being laughed at by the people of Panem

   Haymitch says the one thing the Capitol can't stand is being laughed at, and the berries have made it the joke of Panem.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen between the end of the Games and Katniss waking up free?

    • Peeta admits he swallowed one berry before spitting the rest out.

      Didn't happen

      When Katniss asks whether he swallowed any, Peeta shakes his head.

    • Peeta slumps to the floor unconscious once the hovercraft door closes.

      Happened

      Peeta's leg keeps bleeding while the ladder's current holds them, and once the door closes and the current stops, he slumps to the floor unconscious.

    • Katniss thinks she glimpses pink hair just before a needle jabs her from behind.

      Happened

      On the roof of the Training Center, Katniss thinks she catches a glimpse of pink hair, which she takes for Effie's, just before the needle jabs her from behind.

    • The Avox girl writes Katniss a note saying Peeta is alive.

      Didn't happen

      The Avox girl writes nothing; she answers Katniss's spoken question with a nod.

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    Question 11. Which of these events happen after Katniss leaves the hospital room?

    • Peeta greets Katniss in the hallway outside her room.

      Didn't happen

      When Katniss calls Peeta's name in the hall, it is Effie who answers, and Haymitch explains that the reunion with Peeta will be done live at the ceremony.

    • Cinna says the Gamemakers wanted to alter Katniss surgically.

      Happened

      Explaining the padding in the dress, Cinna tells Katniss the Gamemakers wanted to alter her surgically and Haymitch fought them over it.

    • Haymitch tells Katniss he has already warned Peeta about the Capitol.

      Didn't happen

      When Katniss asks whether he told Peeta, Haymitch says he doesn't have to because Peeta is already there.

    • Venia helps Katniss into a pair of flat leather sandals.

      Happened

      Before Katniss looks in the mirror, Cinna reminds her of the shoes, and Venia helps her into flat leather sandals.

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    Question 12. What does 'garish' mean as used in: 'By comparison, the chariot costume seems garish'?

    • Correct answer: Bright and showy in a tasteless way
    • Plain and easy to overlook
    • Worn out and badly torn
    • Elegant and expensive-looking

    Garish means too bright or flashy; next to the softly glowing yellow dress, the flaming chariot costume now seems loud.

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    Question 13. What does 'arbitrary' mean as used in: 'Nothing Cinna designs is arbitrary.'?

    • Meant to look old-fashioned
    • Expensive to make
    • Correct answer: Done by whim, without a reason
    • Copied from an earlier designer's work

    Arbitrary means chosen without a reason; Katniss knows every detail of Cinna's design has a purpose.

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    Question 14. What does 'makeshift' mean as used in: 'I see a makeshift wall about ten yards away'?

    • Painted to match the stage
    • Correct answer: Built quickly as a temporary fix
    • Made of glass so others can see
    • Permanent and very solidly built

    Makeshift means put together quickly for temporary use, fitting the hastily rebuilt space under the stage.

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